General Info
Professional Track
- Information Technology
Country
NigeriaAreas of Expertise
- Computer Science
- Data Mining and Analytics
- Educational Technology and E-Learning
Professional Interests
- Product management
- Data analytics
- Financial technology services
Age
30Dear woman, you are valuable and powerful. Give yourself permission to pursue and achieve your dreams.
The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Acquire a better understanding on how to build innovative technology products as well as their adoption
- Network and collaborate with innovators to gain insights on the latest technologies, thus applying that knowledge to have a greater community impact
- Learn how to use data, behavioral analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to build platform products
Mentorship Characteristic
- Visit an office or attend a site-visit
- Focus on leadership skills building
- Have exposure to specialized industry techniques
Ideal Company Type
My ideal company is a product-led technology organization that has built usable products for a large number of users. A company with a team of product managers, software engineers and product designers alongside other cross-functional teams. A company in the FinTech or EduTech industry because my past and current projects are in these industries. A company currently in the growth stage. I am excited to learn about how they overcame the challenges that come with growth-stage companies and the leadership skills needed to succeed. I am curious to learn about creating the right product strategies and processes that help teams succeed.
Certifications
- Certified Product Manager Association of International Product Marketing and Management - AIPMM
- Oracle Database SQL, Expert level
Programming Languages
- SQL
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Passionate
- Energetic
- Visionary
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
My goal is to become a subject matter expert in building technology products, scaling my product and programs to have a broader impact. My TechWomen mentorship will help me learn from the best companies and empower me with the right skillset that helps me achieve my desired goal. Also, TechWomen will provide me with a diverse network of emerging women leaders, where we can share our different journeys and learn from each other’s challenges and experiences.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
To support more women to thrive in tech, my action plan includes building a job board that helps women find jobs. I will also improve the product development of the applications I manage to serve more people reliably; pursue partnerships that provide training and partnerships for women and design learning content that helps professionals kick start and accelerate their product management journey.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
7Primary Professional Focus
- Educational technology
- Overseeing the delivery of technology products
- Technical product manager
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Founder, ProductDive
- Direct Reports:
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Dates: September 1, 2019 –
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Responsibilities:
Support the development of product management professionals through webinars, meetups, training, career fairs and Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) sessions; design product management training content to help professionals build products better; grow the product management community
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Product Lead, Flutterwave
- Direct Reports: 2
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Dates: August 1, 2020 –
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Responsibilities:
Define and lead the product and growth strategy for a consumer financial product; lead the product development with software engineers and product designers; define the product requirement incrementally which delivers product features in an agile manner through effective cadence, sprint planning, story pointing and user story creations; analyze user behaviors and usage metrics to improve the product
Job #2
- Title and Company: Product Manager II, Andela
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Dates: March 1, 2018 – May 1, 2020
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Responsibilities:
Defined product requirements for Andela's talent marketplace search platform that connects thousands of software engineers to global organizations; built and launched an EdTech performance platform that evaluates a learner's performance; developed Go-to-Market strategy (Product Release notes, & Newsletters), increasing the visibility of our products to stakeholders and users
Education History
Institution #1
- Institution: University of Ibadan
- Degree Awarded: Master's
- Major: Computer Science
- Minor:
- Location: Nigeria
- Completion Date: November 1, 2016
Institution #2
- Institution: University of Ibadan
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Computer Science
- Minor:
- Location: Nigeria
- Completion Date: November 1, 2011
